Category: Children’s Ministry
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What the artists are doing in isolation and how you can support them.
Read More: What the artists are doing in isolation and how you can support them.From online concerts to midday doodling workshops, artists around the world are getting creative with ways to continue offering their gifts to society in a time when the curtains are forced to close. When I say “artists,” I’m speaking broadly. I mean everything from the visual arts to the performing arts to the comedians, jugglers,…
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Free Juggling Class – Live and Online!
Read More: Free Juggling Class – Live and Online!This Friday morning, I will be live streaming a juggling instructional class on Facebook. It is a perfect opportunity to do something hands-on and interactive with the kids. But all ages are still welcome. I’m looking forward to the live lesson experience as I can answer comments and questions in real time. Spread the word…
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Buechner on Vocation
Read More: Buechner on VocationIf you read or study about calling and vocation (which, by the way, comes from the Latin vocare, “to call”), you will most likely come across this poetic quote by Frederick Buechner: “The place God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet” (1993, Wishful Thinking: A Seeker’s…
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“Holy Fools”: Exploring the Journey of Calling for Christian Variety Performers
I am happy to announce that my PhD dissertation has been published to ProQuest, an academic database for published research. I have made the dissertation open source, which means anyone anywhere can access the full content free of charge. Here is the full dissertation: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/holy-fools-exploring-journey-calling-christian/docview/2622316783/se-2 Please share far and wide. I am very much excited…
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The Easiest Large Group Game Ever
This is probably the easiest large group game ever invented. If you can think of an easier one, please let me know in the comments. Heads or Tails! This game of heads or tails involves EVERYONE in your large group. It is actually better the larger the group gets. There is an elimination factor to…
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A Children’s Ministry Poem
From the mouths of children come questions galore about heaven and angels and Satan and more. They speak what their hearts say without holding back, so the wonder of God is something they never lack. Oh God, who are you? Who inspires the minds of little ones many, so that they may find this Jesus…
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Joyner Family Christmas 2024 Update
Merry Christmas from the Joyners! Here’s a little bit of our life this past year. We hope and pray the Lord’s peace and blessing over you this Advent season. D – Our little guy is now 5 years old! This year he played Tee Ball in the Spring and started soccer this past Fall when…
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Children’s Sermon: Ezekiel’s Vision
One Sunday last month, I taught the children’s sermon. In our church, the children are with the adults for the first half of the Sunday morning worship. Then they come to the front for a blessing and/or children’s sermon before being dismissed for a separate teaching time during the adult sermon. I have found that…